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Finance & Development, December 2011
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2011
Africa's Middle-Class Motor finds growing evidence that a recent resurgence in the continent's economic well-being has staying power. In his overview article, Harvard professor Calestous Juma says the emphasis for too long has been on eradicating poverty through aid rather than promoting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397363
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Finance & Development, March 2004
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2004
This paper presents a snapshot of changes in the world’s health and demographic conditions. The paper highlights that … in most parts of the world, individuals are healthier and living longer, thanks to improved health services and living … epidemic. Moreover, most regions of the developing world will not reach the Millennium Development Goals for health by 2015 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397371
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Finance & Development, December 2000
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2000
This paper describes the need to broaden the agenda for poverty reduction. The broadening of the agenda follows from a growing understanding that poverty is more than low income, a lack of education, and poor health. The poor are frequently powerless to influence the social and economic factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397447
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Finance & Development, December 2001
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2001
in the process—to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty. The paper highlights that Africa’s share of world trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397448
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Finance & Development, March 2000
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2000
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397472
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Finance & Development, September 1997
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 1997
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397503
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Finance & Development, September 2002
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2002
This paper focuses on the Doha Development Agenda. The paper highlights that over the past 20 years, world trade has … grown twice as fast as world real GDP, deepening economic integration and raising living standards. The paper underscores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397504
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Finance & Development, September 2003
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2003
This paper highlights that the Washington Consensus helped fill the need for an economic policy framework following the discrediting of central planning and import-substitution trade strategies. Latin American governments championed the Consensus in the early 1990s, and the policy agenda...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397505
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Finance & Development, December 1997
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 1997
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397506
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Finance & Development, December 2003
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2003
Development Goals (MDGs). The paper gives example of Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated per … capita income of about US$100. According to the World Bank, recent national household surveys find 44 percent of the people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397507